When Gu Shiba Niang came down the mountain with a basket of herbs on her back, the sun was shining. Nowadays, she always rushes up the mountain to collect herbs in the early morning, and then spends half a day purifying them at home. In the evening, she goes to the mountain with Cao, and Cao makes She collects herbs so that she can make a trip to Hezhong County every four or five days to earn more money.
Walking slowly along the street, when she saw a bookstore, she stopped out of habit and did not go into the store. Instead, she stood in front of the stall outside. She wiped her sweat and went to pick up the book on the shelf. The lower corner contains a discussion of the preparation of medicinal materials.
"Huh?" She took action and realized that the book she wanted to read was not lying in the same place as before, but was replaced by a book of strange stories.
Gu Shiba Niang glanced twice before she saw the classics in the other corner. Could someone also be reading this book? When she first saw this book, it was already covered with dust from the street, and it had obviously been untouched for a long time.
"Little lady, which book do you like?" the young man's voice sounded in front of him.
"Let me see..." Gu Shiba Niang lowered her head and said, her voice a little weak. In fact, she didn't have money to buy any book. She just came to read.
There was no way, she couldn't just rely on one Yuan Zhi to sell forever.
Enduring the contemptuous look from the young boy above her, Gu Shiba Niang leaned forward on tiptoes to take out the classics, and turned to the page she saw last time. She soon became enchanted, and while reading, she quickly memorized in her mind, Write it down when you get home.
After being interrupted five or six times by the impatient coughs of the boy, Gu Shiba Niang reluctantly put down the book. Calculating the progress, it would take about seven or eight days to finish reading. After finishing, she would have to read it all over again. , as Peng Yizhen said, the preparation of medicinal materials is very important. If one detail is wrong, the life-saving medicine can turn into a fatal poison. She must remember it accurately.
She lowered her head and ignored the little boy's disdainful eyes, picked up the medicine basket and walked home. This was an unethical thing she did. When her family becomes rich in the future, she will definitely come over and buy two more books.
"Eighteenth Mother, Eighteenth Mother..." someone called her from behind.
Gu Shiba Niang turned around and saw Douhua coming with a load. She was carrying two tofu baskets on her shoulders, but she was swaying and had a unique charm.
"What are you laughing at?" Douhua caught up with her and asked when he saw her smiling face.
"Sister Douhua really deserves the name Tofu Xishi..." Gu Shiba Niang lowered her voice and laughed.
"You don't want to talk nice to them anymore!" Douhua punched her with a bit of shame, "Let me tell the lady."
Gu Shiba Niang smiled and begged for mercy. Dou Hua was not really annoyed and held her arm and walked together.
"...So the price is really good?" Douhua was relieved and happy to see that she had collected so many medicinal materials, "That's really worth walking such a long way..."
Nunuzui said, "...He deserves it, Shopkeeper Zhou, for not knowing the goods!...Even if he comes to your door to beg you in the future, don't sell to him."
Gu Shiba Niang pursed her lips and smiled. Dou Hua asked her again if the market in Hezhong County was fun, if there were many people, and if the fresh stuff was good. Gu Shi Ba Niang answered her questions one by one. As she was talking, two people stood in front of her and blocked her. road.
The two girls, who were chatting happily with their heads down, looked up in surprise and saw two women standing in front of them. One of them was in an emerald green gauze skirt, with pearly eyes and white teeth, and the other was timidly dressed as a maid.
Gu Shiba Niang didn't recognize them and was a little confused.
Douhua recognized her, and the smile on her face quickly disappeared. She looked at the girl and said lukewarmly, "Miss Zhou, where are you going? Why is the road blocked?"
The visitor was Zhou Liniang, the only daughter of Shopkeeper Zhou of Qianjintang. She was not annoyed after hearing Douhua's words, but instead smiled sweetly at them.
"Hello, Sister Douhua..." She cast her eyes directly on Gu Shiba Niang, "This is Miss Gu..."
As she spoke, a bit of shame appeared on her face, she lowered her head and saluted, "...Miss Gu... Liniang will apologize to you on behalf of your father..."
Gu Shiba Niang also knew who she was at this time, so she returned the courtesy slightly and said that she didn't dare to take it seriously. Ms. Zhou's words were serious.
"I only heard what my father said after the fact. It was my teacher Wu Fang who bumped into Miss Gu..." Zhou Liniang's face was filled with anger and shame, and tears flashed down her face as she spoke, "...I didn't say goodbye to my father either. I rely on my relatives, who are busy with business all day long, and I have slacked off in disciplining my subordinates, which has caused such unpleasantness. I hope that Miss Gu, a large number of adults, will not have a problem with my father. My father has suffered all this. Human instigation..."
In short, Luo Li talked a lot about self-blame, sincerity, and apology.
Gu Shiba Niang listened with a smile and did not interrupt. Her eyes fell on the little girl next to Zhou Liniang. She saw that the girl was also thirteen or fourteen years old, but she was no longer Xing'er. She thought she had really sold it, and she felt a little sad. .
Of course, she didn't have any fond feelings for Xing'er, but she felt a little pity for the innocent donkey who was killed as a way to relieve herself.
In fact, this is really not a big deal, it's just a deal that failed to be negotiated, not to mention it's your fault, shopkeeper Zhou, so why bother to anger an innocent little girl who has no say.
It can be seen that he is really a mean person, Gu Shiba Niang couldn't help but sigh.
"That's it, why don't you just apologize heartily? We are all businessmen. We all know that when doing business, everyone wants to buy in at a low price and sell at a high price. It's not a big deal for you to deceive Gu Shiba Niang, but let's It's wrong for Myolie to come out and scold people, let alone falsely accuse them of fake medicine..." Douhua rarely saw Zhou Liniang humiliating her in front of him, so she suddenly became interested and followed her words to teach her a lesson.
Zhou Liniang nodded shyly, then looked at Gu Shiba Niang, "That day...it was indeed our fault."
She was speaking and giving gifts. Gu Shiba Niang stretched out her hand to support her and said calmly: "Miss Zhou is so polite. Let's forget about the past."
Zhou Liniang smiled when she heard this and took Gu Shiba's hand, "Don't call me Miss Zhou, just call me Liniang..."
Gu Shiba Niang smiled and withdrew her hand.
"Okay, remember to tell your father when you go back. There is nothing wrong with wanting to make more money, but don't break our business rules..." Douhua said with a smile.
Zhou Liniang glanced at her and said yes with a smile. The disdain flashing across her face did not escape Gu Shiba's eyes.
"Miss Gu collected the medicine?" She did not step aside, but still held Gu Shiba Niang's hand and spoke affectionately, looking at the medicine basket, "This medicine must be collected by our drug store."
"Why?" Douhua interjected, "Someone has offered a high price, so why do I have to sell it to you! You even said you were apologizing for your father. You are really unreasonable."
Zhou Liniang looked embarrassed and couldn't help but glare at Douhua. She cursed dozens of times in her heart. Did she deliberately go against me? There was an apologetic and frightened smile on his face, "No, no, that's not what I meant... I mean... Miss Gu, please don't bother us and stop coming..."
She stopped talking but lowered her head, feeling ashamed and timid.
"It's not because of this," Gu Shiba Niang smiled, "This is decided by others, and we really can't sell it to others."
"That's right, your family didn't want it at that time, so you thought no one wanted Bainiang's medicine? But someone paid a high price and ordered it..." Douhua hurriedly followed suit, with a proud face on his face. It was so satisfying, and he had never ordered it before. I have seen Zhou Liniang with her head bowed.
"Really?" Zhou Liniang smiled happily again, shaking Gu Shiba's hand, "Then if you have any extra in the future, you must give it to us.